How to Use history in a Sentence

history

noun
  • They were one of the greatest teams in history.
  • It was one of the most destructive storms in modern history.
  • He wrote a well-known history of the British empire.
  • The book begins with a brief history of the Internet.
  • I studied history in college.
  • The history of space exploration is a fascinating topic.
  • It was a period in American history when most people lived and worked on farms.
  • Many of us who have this kind of history want to help others.
    — Pauline Campos, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2017
  • The Ravens made the wrong kind of history.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The histories that come down to us are not neutral.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The protests are both new and rooted in our history.
    — Azar Nafisi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This kind of play also has a long history.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • How much does pop culture play a role in history?
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
  • Now this is one for the pop culture history books!
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • It's steeped in history and the legacies that these guys have.
    — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • Being part of this team, there’s so much rich history.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • No team in history had ever done that.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
  • What is the highest gold price in history?
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This is the moment history will ask about.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This episode explains what some history books miss.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This was to be the greatest prank in the history of the county.
    — Julia A. Morales, Seventeen, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The next step is making it a weekend that will live in the history books.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • Sound and stories bring history to life and put you in the middle.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But history happens to all of us, not just a select few.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • But now, a new book is exhuming them from the trash heap of history.
    — Megan C. Hills, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • Four home runs in nine games is the most by a Reds player in team history.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • But this history does not begin and end with Tuskegee.
    — Uzma Rentia, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And what struck me was the history that occurred within those walls.
    — Alexis Jones, Health.com, 13 May 2021
  • There aren't many people in the history of the world who can match him in that regard.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 June 2023
  • Given our recent history, that seems like a risky thing to do.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025

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